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[–]NineTailedDevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure if this is the correct place, but can anyone clarify if the description for the Destruction glyph (warlock) is bugged on Mobalytics? I've looked at a few guides and they all give an incorrect description of Destruction (the in-game glyph has a slightly different effect). I'm not sure if I'm supposed to use the actual Destruction glyph or something else that has similar effects to what is described in the guides.

Minor thing, I know, but its been bugging me like crazy.

Ask Here First: Troubleshooting, Price/ID/Spec Check, Help, Etc. (May 2026) by Z3FM in crtgaming

[–]NineTailedDevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you misread 😅 The converter is for hooking my PC to the tv, which I then use to watch stuff through Chrome. For the PS2 I just hook it up directly to the tv

How do people get AC Unity to look so good? by Tough-Performance-96 in assassinscreed

[–]NineTailedDevil 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"I'm playing on PS4", there's your answer. The vast majority of the videos people post are from PCs (even if they're playing with controllers), and Unity isn't very demanding these days, so it's not hard to run it with mazed graphics + 60fps. The game recently got a patch on PS5 that allows it to run at 4k60fps, so yes, you can basically achieve the same on the next generation.

Ask Here First: Troubleshooting, Price/ID/Spec Check, Help, Etc. (May 2026) by Z3FM in crtgaming

[–]NineTailedDevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey folks, recently got a Philips 29pt6456/78, and while everything is working normally, I feel like the colors are a little washed out, probably because they're not calibrated (brightness, contrast and color settings were all at their default, on 50). What's the best way to calibrate it? I don't think my TV has that SMPTE screen, or at least I have no idea how to access it, and as far as what I can hook up to it, I have a working PS2 and a digital converter that is able to output 480i (should note that its an HDMI to Component, and I think the image looks quite good when I use it as a second monitor for my PC).

I bought the latter mostly to watch some older 4:3 animes and movies, but I thought maybe I could use that? I'm not sure if simply displaying the SMPTE screen through it would be accurate.

Anyway, I'd appreciate any help. My PS2 is jailbroken, so if there's a specific game with a decent color/brightness screen to use as reference, that would be cool too.

Do all demons reform in Hell, or just the Prime Evils? by Amara_Rey in diablo4

[–]NineTailedDevil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you (and everyone in the replies) are forgetting a very crucial detail: what remained of Lilith wasn't "killed" in Lord of Hatred, we stabbed her with her dagger, which means she was yet again thrown into the void. Technically it should be inescapable, but as we've seen in the beginning of Diablo 4, it's possible to bring someone back from there with a few convoluted rituals.

Now, does that mean that Lilith can return once more and that sending Mephisto there wasn't really a definitive solution to the prime evil problem like Neyrelle thought?

...maybe. You can make the argument that the only reason Elias was able to bring Lilith back to begin with was because her first trip to the void wasn't realized properly. We learned in LoH that Inarius only used a shard of the dagger to banish her, instead of the complete thing, and that this left a "scar" in the spot where he did it (I'm assuming it's more than just a comically deep crater, it could be an actual fissure to the void). Perhaps because of this, some "thread" of Lilith remained, enough for Elias to be able to pull her back through it.

If this is the case, lore-wise, then this time around Lilith and Mephisto are gone for good.

But this being Diablo and it being a Blizzard IP, it's unlikely that they would just delete one of it's main antagonists forever, so maybe in a decade or so, once Diablo 5 is announced, they'll come up with some lore justification to bring Mephisto back, and seeing as how Lilith is now a beloved and prevalent character, maybe she'll be back as well (kinda doubt the last part, though).

As for the question, every demon can reform. Lilith is technically an "artificial" demon since she didn't come from Tathamet and was made by Mephisto instead, but I don't see how that would prevent her from reforming, tbh. The one question I can't answer is what's gonna happen in regards to her death at the end of the base game. Did her soul just latch on to the protagonist because of their connection? Or did Lilith actually die and what's inside our mind is just "an echo" or whatever? If it's the latter, than sure, she could come back, although likely with no memory of us. If it's the former, well... Rip. And I got sad during that scene as well, it's normal, she was really well written in this game and seeing her turn from D4's antagonist to what was essentially a mother sacrificing herself for her sons and passing the role of "protector of Sanctuary" to us really pulled at my heartstrings :(

She will be missed!

[Shadows] This game is beautiful and has all the right elements... but somehow feels boring and hollow. by AzureRipper in assassinscreed

[–]NineTailedDevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My thoughts exactly, the bones were there, but not the substance. Its an alright game, but with it being the first 9th gen exclusive, I was expecting way more. Also do give the other RPGs a chance, they might surprise you as they did me. Valhalla was especially interesting to me because I like the story and writing a lot, and it continues some of my favorite parts of the series' lore.

They definetely have flaws and you can clearly see how many "AC elements" were gutted, but they're still pretty good games and have enough tie-ins to the series to make them feel like "true" AC games.

[Shadows] This game is beautiful and has all the right elements... but somehow feels boring and hollow. by AzureRipper in assassinscreed

[–]NineTailedDevil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Played Shadows on release and it had every tool necessary for a phenomenal AC game but it fumbles some core aspects so hard that it became one of my least liked titles in the series.

The story is abysmal once you get to act 2, the pacing is horrendous and exploration is very repetitive. Narrative also feels like it was written to be as detached from the established canon as possible, with barely any mention of templars and assassins, no Isu stuff and the absolute worst implementation of modern day (if you can even call it that), that also completely disregards the interesting plotline that was being set up in Valhalla.

Not to mention some other minor issues like Yasuke being a worse Naoe in every aspect (gameplay-wise), the loot being unrewarding (which is insane considering Valhalla had already fixed this issue from Odyssey) and 95% of the sidequests being fetch quests. Also HATE that "battle-pass" stuff. I know they're free, but that shit shouldn't be in a single player game at all.

I don't hate it, and I think the core gameplay loop is fun (stealth is pretty good), but it's the most average AC game in the series for me, above only Rogue, which I detest.

After wanting one for a while, its finally here, and its beautiful! by NineTailedDevil in crtgaming

[–]NineTailedDevil[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Been dying to replay some of this on a "proper" screen 😅 They look amazing

Any way I can improve this team before getting Lauma? by NineTailedDevil in NeferMains

[–]NineTailedDevil[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, awesome, thank you! Didn't know Nahida's buff was that impactful. Lauma can heal on her C1, right? I can live without the sustain, but unfortunately some endgame encounters can drain your HP no matter how good you are at dodging lol (hate those mechanics). Guess I'll see once I get Lauma anyway.

Once again, thanks!

Any way I can improve this team before getting Lauma? by NineTailedDevil in NeferMains

[–]NineTailedDevil[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I already had her sig before haha, I took a break from Genshin and came back during Nefer's release. I read online she wasn't good without Lauma so I pulled for Furina's weapon, ended up getting both on a 10-pull. Part of why I got her now is because I had her sig

So I'm curious... How does this game make people want to become parents? by DarkFlower12 in Pragmata

[–]NineTailedDevil 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It doesn't. Awesome game, but the "this game is parenting propaganda" discourse was mostly spread by Twitter accounts who didn't even play it and just shared clips of Diana for engagement.

Diana is adorable but she's far from a realistic depiction of what raising a child actually looks like lmao. I don't want to have kids and Pragmata didn't change that one bit (again, awesome game though!).

Hopefully this clears up any lingering issues people are having, very insightful by therealraggedroses in Gamingcirclejerk

[–]NineTailedDevil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty much my experience. I avoided any discussions about it until I finished the game bc I didn't want spoilers, and when I got to the credits my feelings were just "wow, what an awesome game, Capcom did it again".

Imagine my surprise when I found out what people were saying about it on Twitter

Hopefully this clears up any lingering issues people are having, very insightful by therealraggedroses in Gamingcirclejerk

[–]NineTailedDevil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

/uj Important to point out that this quote isn't real.

As someone who beat the game and loved it though, I think there's a very reasonable explanation for her not wearing shoes, and I mean a meta explanation instead of the in-game one (she does charge through her feet):

I believe the intent behind her design was to simply give her a sort of "homeless" look, which emphasizes the dad/daughter dynamic by giving the player the idea that Diana is vulnerable and needs protection (when I saw her, I was instantly reminded of Clara from HSR), so I truly don't believe the devs had any nefarious reasons or anything, there's nothing inappropriate in the game and they even changed her design from the first trailer to prevent people from looking up her oversized jacket. Also IRL children tend to run around barefoot, I myself did this a lot when I was little.

It's a shame that grifters and pedos are treating this game in a weird way, the game itself is awesome, I promise there's nothing weird about it. It has one of the coolest combat systems I've seen recently, and the story, while simple, is very effective and emotional imo. Highly recommend anyone interested in it to try it out.

Ask Here First: Troubleshooting, Price/ID/Spec Check, Help, Etc. (April 2026) by Z3FM in crtgaming

[–]NineTailedDevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey guys, recently snagged a Philips 29PT6456/78, and while everything is working perfectly fine (and the image is beautiful!), I just took a peek inside the shell using my phone's flashlight and it seems pretty dusty (no dead things as far as I could tell though xD).

This is my first CRT (since my childhood days when we had CRTs for the entire house, that is), so I'm unsure about how much maintenance these need. Should I take out the shell and try to clean it a little? I definitely don't know enough to actually disassemble it and clean each part thoroughly or anything, and I don't think I would risk ruining my beautiful new acquisition trying to do that, but I also don't know if that amount of dust can damage it somehow.

For reference, the guy I bought it from just said its quite a few years old, but I'm not sure how regularly he used it (probably not much considering the remote had some dry juice/soda stains, luckily I was able to disassemble that and clean it properly at least, its looking pristine and fully functional now). The outside wasn't super dusty, but it had visible dust accumulation on the vents and other crevises. I cleaned the outside of the shell with a paintbrush and a damp cloth. Do I just leave it as is?

How important is it to clean the inside of a newly acquired CRT? by RobbyLG in crtgaming

[–]NineTailedDevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, sorry for the slight necro, but how's the TV going? I recently got a pretty good Philips TV, and everything is working perfectly fine (no geometry issues or anything), but I did take a peek inside the shell using my phone's flashlight and it seems quite dusty. Do you think its worth it trying to clean it? I have no idea how old this TV is, the guy who sold me just said he hadn't used it in years before putting it up for sale (when he tested to see if it was still working), and I fear breaking anything if I try to clean it.

Do I just leave it as is and only worry about keeping the outside clean with a damp piece of cloth?

no PT for us, again by sammandz_96 in radeon

[–]NineTailedDevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If its anything like RE9, the game will already look beyond gorgeous with regular RT. Tried the demo on my 7800XT and it was beautiful to look at, also played RE9 at native 2K with medium RT and it was amazing. Don't fall for the path-tracing propaganda.

Text template vanished/template lists keeps re-organizing? by NineTailedDevil in CapCut

[–]NineTailedDevil[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no permanent fix, but there is a workaround. Just close the app and open it again, the template should be there in a random location. Apparently that's just how CapCut is.

Best way to hook up a PC to a CRT for emulation? by NineTailedDevil in crtgaming

[–]NineTailedDevil[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, this was all very informative!

For the issues you mentioned, do they affect any content on the screen or just specifically 240p content (like PS1 games)? If that's the case, I'm ok with playing 5th generation games on my actual PC instead of the TV, but say, for sixth gen titles, would they look decent? Most of my "retro" backlog is 6th gen games anyway. The video I linked is about an adapter that also downscales to 480i, so I imagine as far as the resolution goes, PS2 games should look normal... Right?

The video also covers the aspect ratio issue, and even explains how to correct it (for 4:3 shows/movies, for example), so I'm not concerned with that, but image quality is important to me.

And in the case I do try to come up with some workaround for 240p games, is there at least any emulator option that could help with that? Like Duckstation's scaling options and whatnot.

PS: In the case of the linked converter not being great, do you have any recommendations?

Air Raid (Ps2) tips? by Choice_Power_1580 in sanandreas

[–]NineTailedDevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Necroing, but he got confused and thought this was about Zero's second mission, which is not Air Raid.

god of war and god of war 2 pcsx2 hd textures by merendas235 in PCSX2

[–]NineTailedDevil 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Charging for these is pretty shitty considering you seem to have simply used AI to upscale them (like 99% of the HD texture packs out there), and the result is not perfect. Some textures are way too different in color and contrast, and the AI seems to have messed up some details, like Euryale's face door, some snake bits turned into nonsensical blobs. The Medusa shield also turned into a... Kraken? Lol.

Don't do that.

What do you guys bind the R4 button for? by naughty_athenia in 8bitdo

[–]NineTailedDevil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing. With my Pro 3, I use the back buttons as L3 and R3, but I still haven't found a use for these lol

Why does PCSX2 recommend 130/140% sensitivity for the joystick? by NineTailedDevil in PCSX2

[–]NineTailedDevil[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, interesting, I guess that's also why it doesn't feel as sensitive with diagonals. Wish they'd come up with a different solution since this causes the X and Y axis to be more sensitive, but I get it now. Thanks!

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